by Lorrie Moore | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Lorrie Moore’s trademark prose has earned her a place as one of the finest American writers of her generation. She imposes a kind of kinetic, cosmopolitan energy on her subjects, most of whom are familiar to those who grew up or live in the Midwest. Born in Glens...
by Brenda Bredahl | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Back in the early 1970s, a restaurant called Holcomb’s Supper Club stood on the banks of the St. Croix River. From my youthful perspective, it seemed a glamorous, exotic place: the starlight chandeliers dangled over garnet-red carpet, barrel-backed chairs...
by Dino Corvino | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Computers have undoubtedly changed the way we exchange information. While e-mail has forever altered person-to-person communication, other forms of electronic communication are revolutionizing the way we share not just words, but also sounds and images. Facebook,...
by Nancy Jesse | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Lydia Fauerbach ladled chicken noodle soup into two bowls, her everyday ones with the roses faded from years of hard washing. She had made the noodles this morning, drying them in long strands on the back of a wooden chair. Two days ago, she’d killed and dressed...
by Margaret Lewis | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
The “buy local” movement is an international trend that is gaining strength across the country. Closer to home, “Wisconsin Grown” branding was a key recommendation by the Wisconsin Academy’s “Future of Farming and Rural Life in...
by Jason Smith | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
No, it’s not a court case. Yet. But there is a lot of buzz surrounding the terms green and sustainable, both in Wisconsin and across America, and now might be a good time to make some etymological distinctions if we are to make informed decisions about the...
